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Big companies are becoming more inclusive and featuring more Blacks and other minorities in their ads and marketing materials as a way to take a stand against racism, analysts say.

Trumka, the leader of the AFL-CIO and a close ally of Democratic Party officials, has died. He was 72.

Ashleigh Johnson, the first African American woman to make a U.S. Olympic water polo team, blocked 11 out of 15 shots from Spain during the gold medal match – a rate of 73%.

Dr. Edward Kenyi, born in South Sudan and now in the U.S., debunks myths about vaccines in his community. Yet he can't convince his mother back home to go for it. Maybe this letter will do the trick.

PBS has announced $11 million in grants to boost diversity among documentary filmmakers months after an open letter accused the service of unfairly favoring white creators.

A judge's preliminary injunction allows Norwegian Cruise Line to require customers to show vaccination against COVID-19 before boarding, despite a Florida law banning such requirements by businesses.

NPR's Brian Naylor reports on the efforts being launched by liberal groups opposed to the nomination of Senator John Ashcroft as attorney general. Ashcroft is a strong opponent of abortion rights and helped defeat the nomination last year of Ronnie White, an African-American, as a federal judge from Missouri -- and thus feminist and black organizations are mounting a campaign to defeat Ashcroft's nomination.

Robert Siegel talks with Jo Mannies, political correspondent for the St. Louis Post Dispatch. Mannies talks about Sen. Ashcroft's role in defeating, over a year ago, the appointment of Missouri Supreme Court Judge Ronnie L. White to the Eastern District of Missouri, the federal district court based in St. Louis. Sen. Ashcroft's campaign against Justice White, who is African-American, was interpreted as racist by civil rights activists. The issue has been raised again by those who oppose Sen. Ashcroft's nomination for U.S. attorney general.

The battle between Israel and Hamas enters its second week. CDC director defends latest mask recommendation. New poll spotlights different views of Black and white Americans on race and police.

President-elect Bush made it clear last night that he expected to be president of all Americans, including those who opposed his election. But resentment still runs high among many African Americans, who view the outcome of the election as unfair. The NAACP is still planning to sue in Florida, contending that state officials violated the civil rights and voting rights of racial minorities in that state. NPR's Phillip Martin has a report from Florida.